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***Official*** England in South Africa 2015/16
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flibbertyjibber
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Nice knee jerk reaction there.
Captain_Cook
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I'm only going off what I saw in the first test. Our lower middle order of Stokes, Bairstow, Ali got steamrollered in the first innings at Durban. Stoke and Ali didn't get any runs in the 2nd innings either.
Cabinet96
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Root really has to this innings. Has been sloppy cashing in on starts in the last few months. Have done no research but I wonder if it's a regular thing for guys who've been in great form for over a year. Start playing with less fear which can help in getting started but maybe the hunger isn't quite there to make absolutely massive scores and carelessness creeps in.
flibbertyjibber
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Well when the opposition have scored more than 200 on only 3 occasions in their last 7 tests we are going to be in a handy position if we pass 300.
Bairstow scored more runs than everyone bar Taylor and Compton in the first innings last week so having a pop at him is ridiculous. He only got out batting with the number 10 when he was looking for quick runs.
Captain_Cook
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Having seen each of Root's last 4 dismissals in the 70-80s it's pure indiscipline. Root wants to score quickly and it hurts him because inevitably he gets a wider ball chases it and nicks to slips or keeper. That's the theme generally when Root gets out - pack the slips and have a wary keeper cuz Joe will give you a chance.
OverratedSanity
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Been meaning to get that. Looks freaking gorgeous.
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Captain_Cook
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Disgusting. Joe does it again.
Spark
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He's been doing it a fair bit over the last year.
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OverratedSanity
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Like for calling them 50-99 scores and not fifties.
Captain_Cook
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I really hope that Joe Root doesn't end up as England's VVS Laxman who got 17 centuries and a whopping 56 50-99 scores...
The similarities between the to are already quite scary: both have stints as openers who moved to the middle order, score quickly and both have terrible conversion rates.
The similarities between the to are already quite scary: both have stints as openers who moved to the middle order, score quickly and both have terrible conversion rates.